Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No actress alive better captures the ferocious pathos of the little heartbreak writ large , and although her immaculate comic technique sustains whole passages of visual lunacy , she has in addition the much rarer theatrical gift of being able to transmit emotion in its purest form . |
| 2 | If your pension is taxed in the UK , you will be able to claim part of your personal allowance as an offset . |
| 3 | They would be able to claim benefit in their own right and for their husbands as their dependants . |
| 4 | Mr Colin Kirkland , its technical director , described as absolute nonsense a report in New Civil Engineer magazine that research into existing subsea tunnels shows that ‘ Channel tunnel wall sections as used on the French side will not be able to resist corrosion for their 120-year design life . ’ |
| 5 | McKenzie was out of ammunition , but followed an enemy aircraft down to sea level , stuck up a wing and chopped off its tail — he was lucky to be able to regain control of his own aircraft , ’ Mr Lynch said . |
| 6 | But again the monetary authorities do not control these variables directly ; instead they are able to exert influence over their chosen targets via their control of instruments . |
| 7 | As a result of this , large manufacturers operating a ‘ pull ’ strategy have been able to exercise control over their distributive intermediaries ; such intermediaries could only dismiss demand created through advertising and branding at the risk of losing custom . |
| 8 | She was only able to put weight on her left foot and , as soon as she straightened , her head swam and nausea engulfed her . |
| 9 | Despite the depressed economy she still finds little real evidence of publishers pruning their lists and , as a consequence , there are ‘ too many major titles to be able to do justice to them all ’ |
| 10 | But although I found it impossible not to be moved by the vibes and hype of enthusiastic publicity people and charming sales teams , there is no getting away from the fact that it is going to be a very tough year , with too many major titles to be able to do justice to them all ; and I do n't see any real evidence of anyone pruning their lists . |
| 11 | She is learning German , working on the biography of a distant relative , a Victorian actor , and has been able to offer help from her long experience of managing a large cottage garden to the wife of the curator of Milton 's cottage at Chalfont St. Giles . |
| 12 | He says that his face was badly burnt and it 's meant he has n't been able to take part in his favourite game of rugby . |
| 13 | They have been able to take advantage of their good standing internationally to raise funds on fine terms which could then be converted into floating-rate liabilities suitable for financing the acquisition of floating-rate sterling assets . |
| 14 | Mexico , as the world 's fifth largest oil producer in 1980 , was able to take advantage of its large revenues to finance a new development strategy known as SAM , the Mexican Food System . |
| 15 | The earliest that the whole — more or less — of the industry will be able to take advantage of its single market now looks like being mid-1994 . |
| 16 | It is reliably claimed , for example , that certain yogis are able to take control of their physiological functions ( heart-beat rate , digestion , etc. ) , utterly inaccessible to most of us . |
| 17 | Why , he asks God , has he never sent him a friend who would have been able to make sense of his inner experience and translate the ‘ music ’ he has heard in his soul into intelligible sound ? |
| 18 | An importer might be able to make payment in his own domestic currency if this is acceptable to the exporter . |
| 19 | Does the Ministry of Defence yet have an estimate of the number of personnel families who will not be able to make provision for their own housing ? |
| 20 | In many cases adjusters will be able to make use of their in-house engineers . |
| 21 | Some researchers have been able to make use of their own skills to gain access to a group . |